Develop learning objectives

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Apply the A-B-C-D model to create learning objectives. Use precise learning objectives to focus your training design on necessary content while eliminating waste. Verify participants have been fully trained by observing whether they have achieved the learning objectives for your course. Enhance your credibility by gaining agreement with stakeholders on what a fully-trained employee should know and be able to do.

- One of the most common questions in training…is how do you know if someone has been trained?…You can save yourself a lot of headaches…if you answer this question before developing…your training program.…That way, you can focus your training on meeting…those objectives and eliminate any other content…that's not related.…I like to use the ABCD model to develop learning objectives.…A is the audience being trained.…B is the behavior you want them to demonstrate.…C is the conditions where the demonstration should occur.…

This might be an in-class exercise, a quiz…or even a task or assignment back on the job.…D is the degree of accuracy learners need to exhibit…to be fully trained.…For instance, you might require them to pass a quiz…by getting 80% or more of the answers correct.…I challenged the live class to come up with…an ABCD learning objective for a training scenario.…If you'd like to try it yourself, I invite you to download…the auto-bill scenario from the exercise files.…

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10/19/2017

An effective training program helps to accelerate an employee's professional development and prepares them to excel in their role. In this course, corporate training expert Jeff Toister explains how to design and deliver training programs that engage learners and help them quickly develop new skills. Jeff walks through the ADDIE model of instructional design as it applies to corporate learning, exploring each step—from conducting needs analysis all the way through delivering face-to-face training. He also provides tips for presenting with confidence and clarity, facilitating discussions, adapting your programs to webinar delivery, and more.